CVE-2005-0233 describes a domain name spoofing vulnerability in Firefox 1.0, Camino 0.8.5, and Mozilla before 1.7.6, affecting their International Domain Name (IDN) support. Attackers could leverage punycode encoding to display homograph characters in URLs and SSL certificates, facilitating phishing attacks. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:camino:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.7.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:omnigroup:omniweb:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 7.54CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
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